US Cable Support > Time Warner Internet Services > [TWC] Virtually All TWC Customers Face $3.95 Modem Rental Fee

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Re: [TWC] Virtually All TWC Customers Face $3.95 Modem Rental Fe

reply to Dampier
Anybody know if it is possible to get away with having a compatible, but not-approved modem activated by TW?

Might be worth a shot, giving them a legit model number with the
non-legit MAC-ID and see what happens once they hit the modem
with the provisioning code.

Have no idea if they can "see" an actual model number.

Very well Drew. Guess there's not much getting away with hardware.
Limited choices to own, but can cetainly understand the providors
position. Can only imagine the headaches trying to trouble shoot some
micky-fied model 388 super watchacallit.

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reply to Dampier
Got the post card yesterday about the upcoming modem lease fee . Thinking about how I want to deal wth it - right now I'm leaning towards getting a used 5101 that will ROI in 6 months (I'm on 10/1 service).

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reply to Steve Mehs

And if you live less than a few feet away from the CO your 15Mb speed drops like a rock. DSL is an old outdated technology that has no place in the modern world. Craprizon is my phone company, living in a rural area 10-15 miles from the CO meant no chance of DSL…until remote terminals came about in around 2006. My aunt who lives around the corner, whose house I can see out my back window, can get Craprizon’s DSL via a remote terminal. I cannot, why I don’t know, but I do not care. The max speed she can get is 1.5Mb downstream. I can’t live with anything less than my 50Mb Wideband.

Last Sunday I went into work for a few hours, to take care of some stuff. We have a 1.5Mb connection. I brought in my tablet so I could stream some NFL Sunday Ticket and Red Zone. That lame 1.5Mb connection couldn’t even stream my football without buffering every few seconds. When people ask me to clean out their computers, I usually do a reformat, but always take their towers at home. Even at a 10 or 20 Mb connection, do you have any idea how much faster it is just to download a few year’s worth of updates with a 50Mb connection versus whatever they have.

I can just imagine the typical DSL connection completely choking while I stream DirecTV Red Zone on one tablet with the DirecTV app, NFL Red Zone using the TW app on the other tablet, while downloading 10 years worth of update to the neighbors Window XP machine while other things are going on, on my network. With over 20 internet enabled devices in my network, I cannot imagine slooooooooooooooow DSL being much fun to put up with.
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reply to Steve Mehs

I'd rather take my Lincoln SUV around town then take a private helicopter. My Lincoln probably has a better audio system

reply to Steve Mehs

Yes, I meant more. Thank you. Sorry, 5Mb is unacceptable for almost 2013. Considering all you have to do is read the front page of this very biased anti-cable site to see stories about the telcos bleeding DSL subscribers to the cable companies, it’s pretty obvious that people want more speed and are dumping DSL in droves for cable broadband. And the lame telcos like A Fee&Fee and Craprizon are completely abandoning their DSL infrastructure to focus on their extremely low capped wireless services. As a sports fanatic (NFL, NHL, MLB, NASCAR, some NCAA football and trying to get into the UFC), I cannot live without both TV and online access to my favorite teams, players and drivers. It’s really not much out of ordinary to have 20 internet devices, considering just about every electronic device you buy these days is wifi enabled or has an Ethernet jack. I miscounted, I actually have only 19 internet enabled devices. Two desktops, laptop, TV, two blu ray players, A/V Receiver, Xbox 360, PS3, two tablets, smartphone, MP3 Player, two DirecTV DVRs, Sprint Airave, two ancient Windows Pocket PCs, internet enabled printer.
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For the future of our nation, we must unite and vote out the terrorist known as Hussein Obama. Come November 6 2012 we must remove the socialist pig out of office and get our country back on the RIGHT track.

reply to Dampier
Well, I just got the postcard (TWC-NC) and it says that the internet service price will be reduced by a corresponding $3.95 so it's a wash. Still, I'd rather own my own equipment. What is the group consensus for the best one to buy?

Oh, I currently have standard Road Runner service with a Motorola SURFboard SB5101 modem.

reply to Pervis
Yeah mine said the same - and yes -I'm currently using a SB5101U also.

I don't see paying for more speed for awhile, anyway, so the 10 M DOCSIS 2 should be plenty fast enough for now.

reply to Steve Mehs

reply to Steve Mehs
" I miscounted, I actually have only 19 internet enabled devices. Two desktops, laptop, TV, two blu ray players, A/V Receiver, Xbox 360, PS3, two tablets, smartphone, MP3 Player, two DirecTV DVRs, Sprint Airave, two ancient Windows Pocket PCs, internet enabled printer."

You are using them all at the same time?

Hob
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